There better be, I was told by Verizon it would get it before I bought it.I read there will be no update to Nexus 7 LTE 2013
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I read there will be no update to Nexus 7 LTE 2013
You got a source for that? I'm dubious. Google kept the 2012 N7 LTE up to date until lollipop. The N9 LTE has lollipop. Google has typically kept all devices up two 2 years old on the latest software.
The vexing part in all of this is why they don't have anything released for the N7 LTE but they do have Lollipop for the N9 LTE. They both have LTE radios so what else is fundamentally different that was not already addressed in the non LTE software? It's also head scratching that VZ is blamed for the delay. Why not ATT, Sprint, and TMo? Perhaps it's convenient for Google to let VZ take the blame.
I believe Google is holding it back to address all the issues with 5.0 and 5.0.1 in one release. It would surprise me if Lollipop and M* (next release) would not drop for all N7's.
There's no point in blaming telecom companies until after Google releases 5.x factory images for Nexus 7 mobile devices. At the time of writing they aren't available for either the 2012 or the 2013 mobile N7s:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
As someone else said, it's hard to understand the delay, given that there are 5.x versions available for the the Nexus 9 LTE as well as for the 6, 5 and 4 phones. Why should the cellular radios in the N7 be such a showstopper? Maybe it's just that not so many were sold and Google doesn't think it's a priority. Or maybe they're just holding off until 5.1 is ready.
They can't release them until carriers approve the update. And Verizon is well known for taking their sweet time approving updates.
The 5.0.2 factory image for the WiFi version has just been posted, so the OTA update for that should be distributed soon. Still nothing for either of the cellular versions of the N7, though. I really can't understand what the holdup is.
C:\Users\smccloud\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot -w u
pdate image-razorg-lrx22g.zip
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
failed to allocate 822298328 bytes
error: update package missing system.img
Its out for the razorg now.
https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/razorg-lrx22g-factory-2ce5202c.tgz
And I get the following trying to flash it.
Code:C:\Users\smccloud\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot -w u pdate image-razorg-lrx22g.zip archive does not contain 'boot.sig' archive does not contain 'recovery.sig' failed to allocate 822298328 bytes error: update package missing system.img
Do you have the Verizon version by any chance?
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Yeah. I was able to get it to work by extracting the image and flashing each piece separately.
Maybe the delay is because they are now installing a phone, which should have been there in the first place! Like many others, I was "tricked" by the LTE tag into believing it had one when I bought it. That was the last time I will buy anything branded Google or Nexus.